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The Interactive Advertising Bureau South Africa (IAB SA) has announced the finalists for the 2026 Bookmark Awards (Image supplied)

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Danette Breitenbach (second left) at the PRCA conference 2025.

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"The Golden Age of Strategic PR" is the World PR Day’s (WPRD) official theme for 2026 (Image supplied)

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17 Mar 2026

Ivan Moroke (right) is joining Ann Nurock (left) as an executive director at Relationship Audits SA (Image supplied)

EXCLUSIVE | Ivan Moroke joins Ann Nurock at Relationship Audits

16 Mar 2026

As AI becomes the norm, humanity becomes the advantage

As AI becomes the norm, humanity becomes the advantage

Koo Govender, Advertising Media Forum 16 Mar 2026

#BizTrends2026 | Juno Media’s Tanya Schreuder: AI more scale, not more value

#BizTrends2026 | Juno Media’s Tanya Schreuder: AI more scale, not more value

Tanya Schreuder 13 Mar 2026

#Newsmaker | The man behind Africa's first AI-powered media monitoring network

#Newsmaker | The man behind Africa's first AI-powered media monitoring network

Danette Breitenbach 13 Mar 2026

Alwyn Strydom: Back to basics

Alwyn Strydom: Back to basics

Lumico 13 Mar 2026

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Decoding copyright and ownership of AI-generated content under SA law

Carla Dennehy 12 Mar 2026

Ziphindiwe Ngcobo is the department executive for marketing at Isuzu Motors South Africa. Source: Supplied.

Marketing needs its human layer back

Ziphindiwe Ngcobo 12 Mar 2026

A roundtable of agency leaders and marketers discussed the evolution of the global agency model at the recent Scopen Africa Decade Awards (Image supplied)

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11 Mar 2026

South Africa's Deputy Minister of the Presidency, Kenny Morolong, opened the TikTok Safer Internet Summit in Nairobi (Image supplied)

TikTok provides $200,000 in ad credits to expand AI media literacy in sub-Saharan Africa

11 Mar 2026

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YouTube expands AI deepfake detection tool to journalists

11 Mar 2026

Turning dashboard data into headlines

Turning dashboard data into headlines

Location Bank 11 Mar 2026

The US is the most creative country in the world. Source: Warc.

Warc's Creative 100 rankings released

10 Mar 2026

Yassin Aberra, founder and CEO of Social Market Way, breaks down what social listening actually means, why legacy brands are moving now, and what the competitive stakes look like for those who don't (Image source: © 123rf )

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Yassin Aberra 9 Mar 2026

How everyday users and AI experts are experiencing the state of AI right now

How everyday users and AI experts are experiencing the state of AI right now

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Creative Circle Best of the Year 2025 winners

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6 Mar 2026

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AI is reviving the storyboard

Garon Campbell 6 Mar 2026

Entries to the Cannes Young Lions South Africa 2026 competition are officially open (Image source: @ Cannes Lions )

#CannesLions 2026 | South Africa opens entries for Young Lions 2026

4 Mar 2026

Hear the 'Titan of Transparency' on the $172bn online ad fraud crisis

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Association for Communication and Advertising 4 Mar 2026

#RAPTBizTrendsTV | The Culture Foundry Co's Luke van der Spuy: When Gen Z decides you're not cool anymore

#RAPTBizTrendsTV | The Culture Foundry Co's Luke van der Spuy: When Gen Z decides you're not cool anymore

Danette Breitenbach 3 Mar 2026

The Gerety Awards full global executive jury for its 2026 edition has been announced (Image source @The All Industry Club )

Gerety Awards announces 2026 global executive jury

3 Mar 2026

Nkateko Khosa has been appointed business unit director of the Brave Group’s specialist reputation and public relations agency, Bold (Image supplied)

Nkateko Khosa appointed business unit director of Brave Group's Bold

3 Mar 2026

Ima Peter has been appointed deputy managing director of the PR and Communications agency, Razor PR, effective 1 February 2026 (Image supplied)

Razor PR appoints deputy managing director

3 Mar 2026

VoxComm issues call for agencies to transform business models in response to AI

VoxComm issues call for agencies to transform business models in response to AI

Association for Communication and Advertising 3 Mar 2026

Death of the ‘open brief’ and the generative AI fix

Death of the ‘open brief’ and the generative AI fix

Mathabatha Sexwale, Brave Group 3 Mar 2026

Wpp's One Southwark Bridge campus in London (Image source @ WPP

Elevate 28: WPP's strategy to transition into a single company

27 Feb 2026

Backslash unveils 2026 Edges report: Culture is searching for Proof of Human

Backslash unveils 2026 Edges report: Culture is searching for Proof of Human

TBWA 26 Feb 2026

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Hoorah Digital 26 Feb 2026

Dylan Kruger, managing partner: Africa Network, M+C Saatchi Abel says 2026 is a wake-up call for a continent ready to lead (Image supplied)

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South Africa's ad industry must win the war against AI 'slop'

South Africa's ad industry must win the war against AI 'slop'

Musa Kalenga, Brave Group 25 Feb 2026

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